{"id":8306,"date":"2013-05-21T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2013-05-21T21:31:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:31:23","slug":"following-determined-paths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billfortney.com\/?p=8306","title":{"rendered":"Following determined paths….."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few years ago I did the second America From 500 Feet II with Mark Kettenhofen. \u00a0We made a list of interesting things in the history of America. \u00a0One such story was the Mail Pouch Tobacco Barns. \u00a0Now I’m not a smoker or a chewer, the story of how a handful of painters, painted thousands of \u00a0barns across America, is amazing! \u00a0Teams of two painters were went out in pairs with a model T truck, and they crisscrossed the country talking farmers into letting them paint the Mail Pouch message on their barns. \u00a0They got a whopping $10.dollars a year for the privilege! \u00a0 \u00a0In interviews before the last painter died, he said they could usually paint two barns a day, did you get that, two per day!<\/p>\n

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I’m not saying people don’t work hard today, but two barns a day??!!! \u00a0The story was intriguing because of just how committed these men were to a job that paid so little. \u00a0It is also a story about a time when people had big dreams and worked hard to see them come true. I believe we need a lot of things in America today, dreams and drive to make them come true are two of those things. \u00a0A dependence on God and a belief that He loves us is another. \u00a0A strong country, or family, or individual, is the sum of many parts, but the most important part is a determined path to build a life around something more than happenstance. \u00a0God, principle, integrity, and honor! \u00a0If you’re starting your own list, this would be a good start!!<\/p>\n

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Blessings,<\/p>\n

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the pilgrim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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